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The Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce has chosen Dave Csintyan as its new president and CEO.
Csintyan, who has been with the chamber since 2002 as president of business affairs, was named interim CEO after Will Temby left the job in August.
The chamber board of directors chose Csintyan after a national search.

Planned workforce reductions announced by United States employers spiked 69 percent during January to 74,986, up from 44,416 during December.
It was the highest monthly total since August, when employers announced 79,459 job cuts.
A monthly report released this week by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. also showed that job cuts […]

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate moved toward a partisan clash Wednesday over Democrats’ efforts to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed, and heating aid for the poor to a House-passed economic aid plan.
Democrats were struggling to find enough GOP support to advance […]

Wal-Mart has made a $1 million donation to the Red Cross Society of China for disaster relief. Since late January, areas of southern China have been hit by the worst snowstorms in 50 years.

The New York Giants’ Super Bowl upset of the New England Patriots cost Nevada bookmakers $2.6 million, the first time the books lost money on the NFL championship game since 1995.
New York was a 12-point underdog to New England.
The sports books handled $92.1 million on the game, the third-highest […]